Hose and garment supporter.



E. s. DORMAN. HOSE AND GARMENT $UPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1907.

' Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

7 device or member which can be readily ad- .UNITED STATESPATENT oFFron-EDWARD SIDNEY DORMAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR' OF ONE-HALF TOPATRICK PETER HASTINGS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,

HOSE AND GARMENT SUPPOR TER.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SIDNEY Don- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Hose and Garment Supporter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention has reference generally to improvements in hose and garmentsupporters; and the invention relates more particularly to a novelconstruction of hose sup porter comprising a gripping or holding memberprovided with a resilient retaining justed upon a portion of the hose orother garment, to support the same.

The principal objects of my present invention are to provide anefficient and positively acting holding means for hose or other garmentsupporters of the character hereinafter stated, t e gripping or holdingmember being made of a single piece of metal or other suiteasily andquickly be able material, so bent or formed as to provide a pair offixed but none-the-less slightly flexible jaw-members, between which thehose or other garment may be slipped, and a resilient device or memberfixed upon one of said flexible j aw-members, said resilient device ormember being adapted to engage with the hose or other garment and forcethe same in contact with the opposite jaw-member of said gripping orholding member,

whereby the said hose or other tightly gripped and supported. 7

A further object of this invention is to provide a very simple andefiicient hose or other garment supporter, which has no movable parts tobe manipulated; but, the garment supporter being capable of a laterallyswinging or oscillatory movement, and being'provided with a rollinggrip-device which can s ipped upon and rolled over a portion of the hoseor other garment to effectively grip and support the same, and which canbe as readily and quickly moved therefrom without the necessity of maniulating any movable parts. Furthermore t is invention provides a hose orother garment garment is supporter,..which, while effectivelygrippingand supporting the same, will not injure the fabric thereof.

Other objects of this invention at this time not more particularlymentioned will be evident from the following description of the saidinvention.

With the various objects of the present invention in view the sameconsists in the novel hose or garment supporter hereinafter more fullyset forth, and, furthermore, this invention consists in the variousnovel arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the detailsof the construction thereof, all of which-will be described in thefollowing specification and finally embodied said hose or garment suporter, with the hose or garment removed. *ig. 3. is a back view Fig. 2.is a face of the same; Fig. 4 is a side or edgeview of the same; Fig. 5is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, withthe garment or hosein place or being gripped thereby; and Fig. 6 is a horizontalcross-section taken upon line 6-6 in said Fig. 2. 1 Fig. 7. is a faceview of a slightly modified construction of hose or garment. supporter,embodying the principles of the present invention; and, Fig. 8 is a sideor edge view of the same.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said abovedescribed views to indicate corresponding arts.

Referring now to the several 'gures of the said drawings, the referencecharacter 1 indicates the usual elastic or similar band, which issecured around the leg of the wearer,

said band being provided at one end with the usual cord 2, from which issuspended the gripping or holding member of the saidhose or garmentsupporter. The said band .1 is further provided at its other or free endwith ahook or similar member 3, adapted to engage with the cord 2 insecuring the said band 1 upon the leg of the wearer, in the usualmanner. The said gripping or holding member consists essentially of aplate or main body portion 4, preferably of metal, which is bent ordoubled upon itself so as to form the downwardly extending flexiblejaw-members 5 and 6, and a loop 7 through which is threaded thesuspending cord 2. The said jaw-member 5 is preferably slightly widenedat its freeend and provided with a hole or opening 8, preferably of arectangular shape. The said jaw-member 6 is bent or formed to inclineaway from the opposite j aw -member 5 and the free-end of saidjaw-member 6 is turned inwardly to form the upwardly extending arm 9between the two jaw-members 5 and 6. This said upwardly extending arm 9is provided upon each side near its end with cutaway portions 10, whichform a shank 11, in said upwardly extending arm 9. Mounted upon thisshank 11 is a resilient roller or button 12, made of rubber, leather, orany other suitable resilient material, so arranged that its peripheryextends slightly into the hole or opemng 8, of the said jaw-member 5.

From an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be seen that thegripping member of the garment supporter being suspended from the cord2, is capable of a swinging or oscillatory movement, whereby the jaw--member 5 can be moved over the front face of the garment and the roller12 at the same time rolled upon the rear face of the garment.

To cause the above described gripping or holding means to operativelyengage with a portion of the hose or other garment 13 the said grippingor holding device is turned slightly sidewise and the edge of the hoseor other garment 13 is slipped in between the jaw-member 5 and theresilient roller or butten 12, and said jaw-member and roller are thenmoved side-wise, in the manner previously stated, until the parts of thesaid gripping or holding device assume the positions, with relation tothe garment, shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings.It will be readily understood from an inspection of the said drawingsthat the resilient roller or button 12 makes a frictional contact withthe said hose or other garment, and at the same time by forcing the saidhose or other garment through the hole or opening 8 in the jaw-1nember 5an additional holding grip or increase friction is established. The said'aw-members 5 and 6 being slightly flexible, due to the natural springin the metal or similar material, makes it easy to insert or remove thesaid hose or other garment 13 from engagement with the said gripping orholding member.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings thereis illustrated therein a slightly modified construction of gripping orholding means, comprising the downwardly extending aw-members 14 and 15,and the loop 16 formed thereby, said j aw-member 14 being turnedinwardly to form the upwardly extended arm 17, which is provided withcutaway portions 18 adapted to form a shank 19 upon which is mounted aresilient roller or button 20. Said jawmember 15 extends downwardly pastthe said roller or button 20 and the free-end thereof is turned to forman inwardly and upwardly extending tongue 21, which e-xtends to a pointjust beneath the said resilient roller or button '20, substantially asshown in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

The manipulation, operation and effect of this modified form of grippingor holding means is substantially the same as described in connectionwith the main eonstruction. I

It will thus be clearly evident from the above description that a verysimple and effective hose or other garment supporter has been providedby this invention, with the advantage of few parts and no movable partsto be manipulated or to get out of order.

I claim 1. In a gripping or holding member for hose or garmentsupporters, and a plate or main body portion bent to form a pair ofdownwardly extending aw-members, pro vided at their upper portions witha loop for suspending the same, one of said aw-inembers being providedwith an opening in its free end, the opposite jaw-member being providedwith an arm on its free-end extending upwardly between the saidjaw-members, and a roller upon said upwardly extending arm adapted toestablish a friotional grip upon a hose or other garment, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

2. I11 a gripping or holding member for hose or garment supporters, anda plate or main body portion bent to form a pair of downwardly extendingjaw-members, provided at their upper portions with a loop for suspendingthe same, one of the said jawmembers being provided with an opening inits free-end the opposite jaw-member being provided with an upwardlyextending arm on its free-end adapted. to extend upwardly between thesaid jaw members, said upwardly extending arm being provided withcutaway portions near its end, adapted to form a shank, a roller orbutton of resilient material mounted on said shank, said resilientroller or button being adapted to establish a frictional grip upon ahose or other garment substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a gripping or holding member for hose or garment supporters, ametallic plate bent to form a pair of downwardly extending jaw-membersand a loop for suspending the same, one of said jaw-members beingprovided with a hole or opening in its free-end, the other of saidjaw-members being pro vided with an upwardly extending arm on itsfree-end, said arm being adapted to extend upwardly between the saidjaw-members, a roller or button of resilient material mounted 011 saidupwardly extending arm and adapted to partly extend into said hole oropening in the free-end of said opposite jaw-member, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

4. In a gripping or holding member for shank between the saidjaw-members, sub- 10 hose or garment supporters, a plate bent tostantially as and for the purposes set forth.

form a pair of downwardly extending flexi- In testimony whereof, I havesigned my blejaw-members and a loop at the upper porname to thisspecification in the presence of tion thereof to suspend .the same, oneof said two subscribing witnesses.

jaw-members being provided with an up- EDWARD SIDNEY DORMAN. Wardlyextending arm, a shank formed on Witnesses: said upwardly extending arm,a roller or but- FREDERIC L. JOHNSON,

ton of resilient material mounted on said I FREDERICK A. LEHLBAOH.

